January 12, 2010 - "Staying in Touch"
I know many adults my age find "text messaging" the ultimate annoying issue of the day, but I've learned to embrace it. All it took was my adult daughter moving out of the house and six hours away. She is a "text-aholic" and I found that I could be in touch with her almost every day with immediate results if I only embraced this modern technology and her method of communicating. I've been texting for years, but I'll admit - it never meant much to me until she was far enough away that I actually realized what I was missing by not having our daily contact. This helps lessen some of that sorrow - if only a bit. I'll gladly learn to use all new technology if it helps keep me close to my loved ones, after all - once they leave we truly understand how much we need them in our daily lives.
